RUSSI A'5 "LITTLE DAIRY FACT5 P A R A D IS E ' PURITY OF MILK IS TOLD BY TEST Russian Recruits In Crimea. (Praparad by tba N ation al O eoarap hle Society. W ashin gton , D. C.) HILE the thermometer waa 40 degrees below aero In Moscow recently, almond trees were flowering In the Crimea on the Russian shore of the Black sea. This contrast emphasizes Russia's vastness as well as It brings to notice a delightful spot of the huge country little known In Its details to Americans. Yet at the same time, It Is a lund with certain aspects known to every school child. It Is the land of the Cimmerians about whom Homer sung In the “Odyssey" and from whom the peninsula takes Its name; the land of the Crimean war, the siege of Sevastopol, and the "The Charge of the Light Brigade” ; the land In which Florence Nightingale first caused effi cient, ordered mercy to have a part In war. The Crimen Is known as "The Lit tle Paradise" to the Tatars, lust of the many races to overrun the peninsula before the land fell under the sway of the Muscovite. A traveler Journeying from the north Is likely to accept this appellation, If st all. W ith a strong mental reservation ns he crosses the nlnsist desert-llke plains of northern Crimes; but once over the mountains that rim the southern shore he will approve the description with enthusi asm. There nature has made a won derful garden spot, the Riviera of Russia, a combination of sea, moun tains and riotous verdure thnt really vied with Its famed Italian counter part In the dnys when czarhood was In flower. Though n part of what has come to be looked upon on the whole ns "cold Russia," the southern shore of the Crimen brought to the old empire a touch of the tropics. On the mountain slopes and In the sheltered valleys grow grapes, flgs, olives and all the tender fruits; magnolias, buys, and myrtles; and a profusion of wild flow ers and grasses. That the delights of Its mild climate were discovered enrly Is testltled by the ruins of Greek, By- aantlne, ami Italian architecture which are to he found among the mosques of the Inter Tatars, the palaces of the Russian Imperial family and nobility, and Ihp mngnifleent modern hotels of the pleasure towns to which the pros perous classes of Russln (locked before the World war. Ynlln. In those care free days, was Russia's Nice, Newport and Miami rolled Into one. W Many Fascinating Featurea. With a climate that borrows good features from Florida and southern California anil bad ones from many plnces, the Crimen Is one of the most fascinating bits of territory between Portugal and f'ochln, China. Its popu lace a congress of races. Its industries ranging from the growing of subtrop ical fruits and the housing of Russia's elite ns they fled from the cold, to the herding of sheep and the growing of grain. It was a place of tunny shied activities. As the men of wealth of America have their winter homes In Florida anil those of western Europe have theirs along the Riviera, the people of position In Russln had their country seats In the Crimea. And beautiful placet they were, for In Russln the rich were very rich. The height of the ■octal season win from the middle of Angus) to the first of November, hut there was also a winter and a spring Season, The peninsula la occupied by ap proximately tIOO.iXXi people, mostly T a tars, with a scattering of Russians, Greeks, Germans and Jews. Cleanli ness and morality are said to he pro verbial trnlta of the Crimean Tatar«, who have been undergoing the Influ ences of russification for several gen erations. They have taken up vine culture, fruit growing, and kindred occupations with a zeal seldom equalled ei*t of the Aegean. The Crimea la a peninsula that bare ly escaped being an Island. It bangs from the mainland of South Russln down Into the Mack sen. like n gigan tic watch fob shaped like a flounder It Is attached by the narrow ribbon of tbe Isthmus of Perekop, a strip of land only three-quarters of a mile wide and only a few feet above sea level. On one aide Is the ltlack sen and on the other the stagnant, shallow, melodor- ous waters of the Slvatch, or Putrid sea. a lagoon of the Sea of Aaov. This Is the only broken nntnrnl land con ncctlon between the mainland and the Crimen. but a few miles to the east n narrow part of the Putrid sen has been bridged by the railroad which enters the peninsula. Still farther eastward a peculiar natural formation, a mere threadlike causeway of sand known us the Tongue of Arnbat, stretches for more than fifty miles from the mainland to tbe buse of the "flounder's tall” that forms the easternmost extension of the Crimea. A canal has been cut through this spit of sand near Its northern end to connect the waters of the Sea of Azov and those of the Putrid sea. The intrenching or min ing of these three narrow land en trances to the Crimea would he a rela tively simple matter from the point of view of military engineering. The greatest width of the Crimea north and south Is 115 miles, and Its greatest length from "head" to "tall" Is 225 miles. It contains about 0,7<M) square miles, and Is thus approximate ly the size of the stute of Vermont or the island of Sicily. Before the World war Its population was about 2,1X10,000. The Clmmerluns, Celts and close cousins of the Welsh, were the first people known to he In possession of the Crimea, at the early dawn of Greek history. They were driven out by the Scythians. Coast communities were established by the Greeks nt a later date. The Huns overran the Crimea when they surged Into Europe. It was colonized by Byzantine Greeks, Venetians and Genoese. The Tatars Inter took control and set tip a Mo hammedan state under a line of khans. The Crltn Tntnrs, who give the peninsula Its name, by reason of their substantial admixture of Greek and other bloods, have lost most of the Mongolian features, being slender In build, possessing nqullllne noses, eyes that have lost the Oriental slant, and countenances not quite bo Inscru table ns the Eastern type. Bakshl- Rarul, capital of the Tatars, remains little changed today, a slice of Asia In Europe. The dominant feature of the old T atar city Is the palace of the khans. The Crimen was conquered by Cath arine the Grent of Russia In 1771 and remained a part of the Ruslan empire until that political entity's collapse In 1017. The hulk of the population remains Tatar, though there Is an ad mixture of both Greek and Italian blood In the nominally T atar people. In.the Crimean war fought by Eng land, Erance and Turkey against Rus sia the final test of strength came at Sevastopol, on the west const of the Crlmeu. Here the fnctors of unlimited resources operated In the allies' favor. Through their command of the sen they could secure everything needed, while the Russians could bring up their supplies only across the barren steppes, whose highways were ninrked at every step by the dead und the dying, both man and beast. Sevastopol and It» Palaces. It Is estimated that 50.01X1 British soldiers lie hurled in the cemetery out side of Sevastopol. Before the World war this vast City of the Dead was watched over by a German who could speak no English, but who was proud of his privilege of guarding the ashes of those who fell at Balaklava and Inkerman. Sevastopol remained until 1917 a great military post for the old Russian regime, nnd It was as well the home port of the Russian Black sen fleet From there, according to cherished Im perial dreams, was to go forth, on the Russian counterpart of "Her Tag." the forces that would wrest the Bosporus and Dardanelles from the Turk, and place the cross of St. George over Con stantinople and the Cross of Christ over Snncto Sophia. The Imperial Large palace, to which It was once decided to send the lata czar. Is situated nt Llvndta, surround ed hy a magnificent park It Is of re cent construction, and waa complete! only about fifteen years ago Hard hy Is the simply constructed Small pal ace, In an upper room of which Alex ander III died. In no other country In the world waa the reigning ruler p o sse sse d of so many lands or such extensive properties as was the case In ltussla. Southern Crimea la a garden land Its fruits were famous In the north ern Russian markets, slid from Ita grapes a full bodied, spicy wine was made. Vineyards covered more than IP.tSX) acres of the Crimea, and from them about 8.500,tt.WI gallons of (Ine quality wine was made each year. Tbe water« '.round the |<en,ns,ila abound In delicate Ash, such as red and gray mullet, herring, mackerel, turbot, soles, plaice, whiting, bream, haddock, pilchard, a species of pike, whitebait, eels, salmon and sturgeon. FINISHED FLOORS KEPT IN CONDITION String or Cloth Mop I t A l most a Necessity. When a waxed floor becomes dull and grimy It should be given a morn thor- ough cleaning with a cloth wrung out of warm soap water, or better stul moistened with turpentine or gaso line. Both turpentine and gasoline are very inflammable, however, and should not be used In a mom where there Is an open flame of any kind. After the waxed floor la cleaned, rub on a new thin coating of wax and polish with a weighted brush or a woolen cloth. Oiled floors should be swept with a soft brush and dusted with an oiled cloth or mop. They may be cleaned occasionally with a cloth wrung out of warm soapy water and then pol ished with a cloth moistened with kerosene or a good floor oil. Excess of oil should be avoided. Water and soap should be used very sparingly on oiled floors. Similar treatm ent Is used for painted floors. (Treperad br V ta. Atr)oa|, VnltM „ St.tw , , Dvpwtmen« Finished floors can be kept In good condition with a comparatively small outlay of time and strength, but the method must be adapted to the kind of finish, says the United States De partment of Agriculture. A string or cloth dust mop, such as Is shown In the Illustration, is almost a necessity In the home where the floors are var nished, waxed, oiled or painted. A cotton flannel bag may be drawn over the broom to serve the same purpose, but Is not so convenient. When the surface of the floor that is cot covered by rugs is merely dusty, such a mop enables one to go Various Excellent Uses over It quickly and easily. The mop for Cooked Rabbit Meat should not be saturated with oil but Cold cooked rabbit may be ground > « ’A * * --:* - Ï* ,-' < < 4 w.-üt’ ' ' ’’' A up and used Just as chicken or other y i. . cooked meat Is used for hash, cro quettes, shepherd’s pie, or similar . r '■■■ •■ ■ ■ , i, . , t.:« , . U .... dishes, points out the United States Department of Agriculture. Meat loaf or meat balls may be made of raw chopped rabbit meat In the same way ...¿ 7 • V os beef or veaL Sausage cakes may be made from twice-ground rabbit meat with any preferred seasoning. If pork flavor is desired one part fat pork may be mixed with two parts ground rabbit meat. Very good sau sage flavor will result from mixing the following proportions: three pounds twice-ground rabbit meat, one minced onion (which may be omitted), one tablespoouful salt, one teaspoonful pepper, one and one-half teaspoonfuls powdered sage, one bay leaf, pinch each of thyme and allspice, four to six tablespoonfuls finely crumbed dry bread or cracker crumbs, one beaten egg, and one-half cupful of rich sweet milk. Guesswork In cheese factories and milk plants baa been further reduced A simple device known as the methylene blue test reveals the quality of milk accurately and quickly. The cost of the entire equipment ts not more than a few dollars. It consists of a few dozen test tubes, two pipettes, a water-bath, an alcohol lamp and a thermometer. The use of the test In Wisconsin dairy plants has been Increasing stead ily, says E. G. Hastings, bacteriologist at the Wisconsin Agriculture Experi ment station, who described Its opera tion as follows: Ten cubic centi meters of milk as it is received at the factory is placed in a test tube along with one cubic centimeter of a solu tion of the common dye, known as methylene blue. This Is then kept at body temperature in a kettle of water which is heated by the lamp. The dye colors the milk and the qnallty is determined by the length of time required for the color to disap pear, states Hastings. The lower the number of bacteria the longer the blue color remains. High quality milk will still show the dye at the end of 5H hours, while milk of high germ content will return to Its normal color In 30 minutes or even less. "Only one small sample Is necessary to determine the condition of a pa tron’s milk,” declares the bacteriologist, who points out that the test has proved of Immense service to milk dis tributors and cheese mnkers who re ceive milk of different quality from a large number of farms. "Through the use of the test. It is much easier Lettuce Is Favorite of to help the farmers Improve the qual ity of the milk which they deliver. All Salad Vegetables Each patron mny see the result of his Many home makers think that a salad Going Over the Floors W ith a D u st test, and he can easily follow the without lettuce 19 as Impossible as an Mop. effect of clean and sanitary practices omelet without eggs. Though strictly about the burn and milk bouse.*’ may be slightly moistened with floor speaking a stalk of celery or a radish oil or kerosene unless the floor Is enten with salt Is a salad, lettuce is waxed. If It Is necessary to give a the prime favorite of all salad vege Utility Value of Pure- floor a good oiling, another mop or It Is also one of the green-lent Bred Live Stock Shown woolen cloth should be used and kept tables. group that contains vltamlnes and The greater earning power of Im especially for the purpose. minerals. Like the others It supplies proved live stock Is shown In a cir In general, varnished floors retain bulk too and so helps to keep the food cular Just Issued by the United States their color nnd luster better If no wa moving through the digestive tract In Department of Agriculture to be In ter Is used on them, but If very dirty a healthy way. Lettuce by itself Is so striking contrast to the returns from they may be wiped with a cloth or mild In flavor that It needs a well Inferior animals. mop wrung out of warm soapy wa seasoned dressing. Adding a little The publication, Department Circu ter, wiped dry at once, and polished roquefort cheese to French dressing or lar 235-C, “Utility Value of Pure-Bred with an oiled cloth or mop. grating a little American cheese over Live 8tock," an answer to the frequent Waxed floors should be swept with the top after French or mayonnaise question: “What results from a utility a soft brush or mop entirely free dressing has been added Is an easy standpoint can I expect from pure from oil. Oil softens w ax and should way of giving appetizing flavor to a bred live stock?" The higher price never be used on It In any way. plain lettuce salad. levels which constantly prevail for superior animals, meats, wool, eggs, and the like strongly Indicate that the PLAN FOR FRESH VEGETABLES FOR TABLE type of breeding animals used has much to do with profit and loss. The circular contains reports of more than a thousand live stock own ers who contributed their experiences In the use of pure-bred sires. It has Information on the cost of pure-bred live stock, marketing pure breds as meat animals, registration of pure bred live stock, Incentives to raise superior domestic animals, and similar topics. It Is Illustrated and contains twenty-fodr pages. Copies may be obtained, ns long as the supply lasts, on application to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. D, C. Sunday School » Lesson’ R EV. P. B. P 1T Z W A T E R . D .D ., D s s a o f th e E v e n ln s Sehwsi, M c j.ly B ib le l a - •titU te of C h ica g o .) , (iB. l» t * W »»t»rn N ew ep » p «r U n lon 1) IB t Lesson for March 20 T H E C H R IS T IA N 'S H O P E LESSON T E X T — J oh n 14:2-<i II Cor. 5:1-10: I John 3:2, 2. PRIM ARY TOPIC — Our H ea v en ly H om e. _ JUNIO R TOPIC— C h rist P rep a rin g a Hume fo r C hristian». IN T ER M ED IA TE AND SENIO R T O P IC— Our H ea v en ly H om e. YOUNG 1’E o P L E A ND ADULT T O P IC— B e a u ty and P o w er o f th e C h ris tia n 's Hope. Supply Fresh W ater to Cows and Get More Milk Every body process of the cow re quires water respiration, consumption and digestion of food, carrying food In liquor form to all parts of the body, nnd the throwing olr of waste mate rials. Approximately 87 pounds of every 100 pounds of milk Is water and this means that cows must have all the wnter they want to drink nt least two times dally In order to have high milk produclon. * Dairymen know thnt It pays to form regular habits for their cows. After a cow becomes used to cold weather she will more nearly drink all she wants every day, but sudden weather changes keep her from It. It Is much easier to keep a cow at high production than It Is to bring her back after a slump of some so rt Dairy Notes Calves should have salt as soon as they begin to eat hay and grain. • e e A hand separator that Is not prop erly adjusted will steal part of your profits every day. So will a poor one. • • • Soy bean snd soy bean hay are high protein feeds and experiments have proved them to be valuable feeds for the dairy cow. e e e Feeding boarder cows la worse than throwing away money, for It Is also throwing sway labor. Kltchsn Garden on ■ Utah Farm. ( P r w s r s d by th e r a t t e d S te te e D ep a rtm en t o f A trrlealtttre.) When you lay out your garden this spring be sure to allow for plenty of fresh vegetables for the tnble during the summer, na well as some for can ning and some to store for winter use. Two vegetables other than potatoes should he served every day, according to nutrition specialists of the United Stntea Department of Agriculture, t* supply an abundance of vitamins In the diet. A salad of raw vegetables, or lettuce and fruit, may be counted as one of these vegetables, and If taken In addition to the other two veg etables suggested It Increases still fur ther the chance that sufficient vita- mine are being provided. Succession of Crop*. Plant the garden with one eye on the menua Certain crops like snap beans, e • e lettuce, pens and spinach can be Because he carefully selects his planted at Intervals throughout tbe herd bull, one dairy farmer In an season, and consequently they will other state says that he has Increased seldom he missing from the family hts annual production of milk one table, after the first crop has matured ton per cow In ten years' time. A number of crop* can be given a start • • • of ten days to three weeks If the seeds Added variety to the cow's ration Is are planted In a window box or “flat,’’ a good thing If It can be obtained without much additional cost and Tomatoea, cabbage, peppers, eggplant without lowering the food value of cauliflower and lettuce can thus be started early. the ration. A small garden ts not hard to takn care of If It Is carefully planned on paper before It Is set out. On the farm a good-sized space can sometimes bv devoted to what Is usually known a» the “farm" or "kitchen garden." A garden planted In long, narrow rows Is easiest to cultivate. Ono long row may have several different vegetables planted In It. I. Assurance of a Heavenly Home (Jno. 14:1-3). The announcement concerning the death of Christ, accompanied with the shaping of events which pointed to a speedy accomplishment of the same, shattered the disciples' hope. The Lord told them that He was going away and that they could not follow Him. Thia brought great grief to their hearts. They perhaps began to doubt His Messlahshlp, but He did not leave them comfortless. 1. He asked them to believe and trust in Himself as Ood (v. 1). “Ye believe In God, believe also In me.” Faith In the God-man, Christ Jesus, will steady the heart, no mat ter how great the sorrow or Intense the grief. If we will but place the cares and burdens of life upon Him our tears shall be turned Into Joy and our despondency transformed Into a radiant hope. 2. He assured them that He was going to prepare a place for them In His Father's house (▼. 2). He assured them that that place would have an abundance of room, for there wero “many mansions” in His Father’s house. We should learn from this that heaven Is not an Imaginary place. It is a prepared place for a prepared people. 3. He assured them that He would come again and escort them to heaven (v. 3). Jesus will not wait for His own to come to Him, but will personally come back to the earth and call forth from the graves those who have died In the faith (I Thess. 4:10, 17), and trans form living believers and tnke them all to be with Himself In the heavenly home for evermore. When He said, “I will come again,” He no doubt meant Ills personal, bodily ant literal return to this earth. II. Assurance of the Resurrection of the Body (II Cor. 5:1-10). T hat which nerved Paul for his conflict even when physical death threatened was the as surance that even such violence would but hasten his presence with the Lord. As he faced the uncertain future he was sure: 1. That his present body was only a tabernacle, a tent In which he lived temporarily (v. 1). Though this tent were destroyed he had nothing to fear, as there was a building to take Its place. This house which Is to take the place of the tent is (1) From God. (2) Not made with hands. (3) It Is eternal. Our natural body at best crumbles to dust In about three score and ten years, but the resurrection body shall abide forever. (4) It Is to be "In the heavens.” 2. He earnestly longed for the change (vv. 2-4). The human person ality Instinctively shrinks from a state of disembodiment, but the Intelligent Christian earnestly longs for the ex change of the natural body for the iplrltunl. We long to put off tbe per ishable nnd tnke on the Imperishable. 3. This plan was wrought by God (v. 5). God did not fashion the body for lenth. hut for life. God Is not the God of the dead but of the living. 4. Believers should be of good cour age (vv. 6-8). While we live In this body we are absent from the Lord, but because of the Holy Spirit dwelling within us. we confidently walk by faith, being more anxious to be absent from the body and present with the Lord. 5. The believer's chief concern In this life should be to please ihe Lord (vv. 0, 10). Nothing matters—health, sickness, strength, weakness, fame or obscurity, friends or loneliness—provided at the end of the Journey we hear the I<ord's "well done, good and faithful serv an t” II I . Glorified W ith the Lord (I Jno. 2:2. 8 ). We are now God’s children, but the change which awnlts the resurrection has not come y et When It comes It will reveal our wonderful future. When the Son of God shall be mani Economiis on Space fest we shall be like Him In glory. Plant only such vegetables as will When Christ shall come again the yield good returns for the table In pro saints shall share His glory. This glo portion to the space they occupy. It rious hope will transform the life. The available ground Is limited. Potatoes one who has It will keep himself pure corn, cucumbers, melons and peas re even as He Is pure. quire considerable space. Lettuce spinach, beets, carrots, snap beans ot Overcoming Tem ptation tomatoes are more economical of sjmes Every time we allow a temptatl and therefore adapted to growing m a to overcome us we are weaker. Evi small area. time we overcome a temptation The Individual tastes of the famllj are stronger.—Living Message. will, of course, determine largely what Is to be planted In the garden. All the Should Not Serve Sin green leaf vegetables, such as spinach That henceforth we should not se cabbage, kale, swlss chard, beet green» sin. There Is no necessity to hi and lettuce, are rich In vitamins. Gar even a single evil thought.—Echoe« rots, rutabagas, tomatoes and string beana are also excellent. All vege T he Peace of G od tables furnish minerals and roughag. The ponce of God w ill keep us under as well as vitamins, and so are impor «very trying circumstance.—Echoea. tant In the diet of most persona.